Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Here are the key elements: Company name. domainname.com) is just as critical as the company name, and the two should match as nearly as possible.

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MAY 10, 2015

Even when I’m not the one being sued I find myself being dragged into deposition after deposition and my blog (along with all my emails) are being served as evidence. I angel funded a company 5 years ago. I funded a company where the CEO stepped down. They tried to claim that the company was infringing.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Sometimes they’re working full time at a company or sometimes they’ve already left their employer and they’re bouncing around ideas with friends. It’s hard enough to build a successful company.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2011

As noted in parts I and II of this series, agreements with Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) can be alluring and potentially fatal. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Unmitigated exclusivity can be the death knell of a small company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Here are the key elements: Company name. domainname.com) is just as critical as the company name, and the two should match as nearly as possible.

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APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. If you really want to do a product business then hire a professional manager for your services company, quit that job and focus 100% on your product company. You own the IP you create.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Here are the key elements: Company name. domainname.com) is just as critical as the company name, and the two should match as nearly as possible.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Along with Greycroft Partners we were the first investors in Maker Studios 3 years ago when the company had no revenue and limited infrastructure. I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. But we’re a technology company that produces great video not the other way around. ” Don’t.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

He taught me, amongst other things, the benefit of “ top down thinking &# that changed the way I analyzed markets, companies and people. Increasingly it became difficult to tell any system integration company apart and there was a whole new breed of competitors in the market helping companies build Internet businesses.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” Of course you could start your own company. Of course I’m not suggesting people shouldn’t start a company. Nobody sees you as a CEO since you’ve never been one?

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JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. KickStarter?

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JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Many people start companies arse backwards. This is one of the biggest source of future problems for the company.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" This Panel will explore issues such as: How can companies best utilize social networking media? What are the risks and rewards?

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MAY 17, 2012

He has the “perfect business for me” given my blog commentary. Well – he had this awesome platform that was super technical – great IP. Nobody wants to get excited about spending time evaluating a company with a miserable CEO. It’s starting to show in how he talks about his company.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

I'm a glass half full kind of guy, and it's more of my personal blogging channel. I started to meet lots of people, and really got into this community around personal blogging. I love running and fitness, and I've used Famebit, where they have had a juice cleanse company come out. I just started doing this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2010

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most people think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least seven items that should be in your IP portfolio. Here are some specifics: Company name. domainname.com) is just as critical as the company name, and the two should match as nearly as possible.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

Listing a variety of bread-and-butter IP protection tactics would not have been as compelling. Analogy – As readers of this blog know, I enjoy drawing connections between seemingly disparate people, historical events and pop culture minutia because it is entertaining and can facilitate learning.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. He first worked hard to get him to be an advisor to the company. Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media. From there Rob decided to make a small investment.&#.

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Xconomy

JUNE 6, 2016

After operating in the shadows for the past 11 years, a San Diego neural technology company founded by former NASA administrator Dan Goldin is stepping into the light to introduce two commercial products intended to advance the frontier of human-machine interaction.

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APRIL 27, 2010

I believe that it’s OK for young people to learn and try different roles, companies and geographies. No rule is ever absolute no matter how it sounds when one writes a blog. Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Such attorneys can also add tremendous value in your negotiations with Big Dumb Companies (BDCs), as they can ensure that you focus on the deal points that are of most significance to a small entity. He or she must be willing to fight for your company and go toe-to-toe with your investors.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener Posted on 30 December, 2009 This pamphlet is somewhat geeky. For example when you operate a WordPress blog, you could code nearly everthing below in your 404 page (consider alternatives ). from the IP address range 65.52.0.0

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. This blog is to address these questions. Block IP address. Block IP address.

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MAY 5, 2011

I’ve always been a big believer that just a couple of key individuals make all of the difference in a company’s success. Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. Patron Companies. The ingredients are all here.

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Xconomy

JULY 17, 2017

The company and its partner on the device, San Diego-based Ingenu, plan to sell it as a small, circular piece of Internet-connected technology that can be attached to a keychain, clip, or watch, as a security measure people such as children, the elderly, executives, international travelers, or high-risk (read: wealthy) people.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ) said the court had granted two preliminary injunctions against the subsidiaries over patents the San Diego company said Apple had violated. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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